ORLANDO, Fla. – LSU senior All-American Brandon Pierce was announced Friday as the recipient of the 2016 David Toms Overcoming Adversity Award presented by the American Junior Golf Association in conjunction with the Golf Coaches Association of America as he was honored live on Golf Channel's Morning Drive program.

BATON ROUGE – On the strength of a fall season in which he picked up two tournament titles and did not finish outside the Top 10 in any of his six starts, LSU All-American Sam Burns cracked the Top 5 of the initial Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking released by the Golf Coaches Association of America as the No. 3-ranked American.

EL PASO, Texas – LSU sophomore Sam Burns added his name alongside many of the all-time greats of the game when he fired a 5-under par 66 in Sunday's final round to claim a three-shot victory with a final score of 12-under par 201 at the 2016 Sun Bowl Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic at El Paso Country Club.

BATON ROUGE – Three former LSU golfers took a big step toward earning their Web.com Tour status for the 2017 season on Friday as Ken Looper, Ben Taylor and Zach Wright each advanced to the Web.com Tour Q School Finals in December by finishing among the Top 18 in their respective second stage tournaments.

BATON ROUGE – As American citizens took to the polls Tuesday to shape the landscape of their country for the next four years on Election Day, the LSU Men's Golf program did the same on National Signing Day on Wednesday by signing three of the nation's top recruits in the Class of 2017 to National Letters of Intent.